hoot

Plural: hoots

Noun

• a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
• something of little value
• A derisive cry or shout.
• The cry of an owl.
• A fun event or person.
• A small particle; a whit or jot.
• Money, especially in the form of cash given as payment.

Verb

Verb Forms: hooted, hooting, hoots

• To make the characteristic cry of an owl; to express scorn.
• to utter a loud clamorous shout
  • "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance"
• utter the characteristic sound of owls
• To cry out or shout in contempt.
• To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.
• To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
• To sound the horn of a vehicle.

Examples

• I heard the hoot of an owl.
• Mary felt extremely offended when the workers hooted at her.
• My performance drew hoots of derision from the crowd.
• The other players might HOOT if you try to play a clearly invalid word.
• The party at the weekend was such a hoot! Thanks for the invite.
• We don't care a hoot about what you think.
• When you arrive to pick me up, hoot, and I'll come outside.

Synonyms

bird, boo, Bronx cheer, damn, darn, hiss, raspberry, razz, razzing, red cent, shit, shucks, snort, tinker's dam, tinker's damn, Bugs Bunny, ackers, bees and honey, blunt, brass, bread, bread and honey, cake, cheddar, cheese, ching, clams, coin, cream, currency, dinero, dosh, dough, fedi, feds, finances, flizz, flow, funding, funds, gravy, gwolla, gwop, hooter, jack, legal tender, lolly, lovely jubbly, mazuma, means, money, moola, mozzarella, muck, oof, ooftish, paper, rhino, scratch, scrilla, shrapnel, simoleons, smackeroonies, smackeroos, smackers, spend, spondulicks, swag, wampum, wonga, yenom

Related Words

give a hoot, hootenanny, hooter, owl hoot, owl hoot trail

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